Friday, July 10, 2009

Magic Bites, byIlona Andrews

In a world where magic and technology are at war, being a human who can control and use magic is rare- and dead useful if you are Kate. A mercenary who will fix your magical problems for the right price, she has few friends and no family. When her guardian, Greg, her father's friend and the closest thing she had to family is mysteriously murdered, Kate is furious. He also had the ability to control magic and way more training in use of weapons then her; he would be a very hard man to kill. The trouble is no one knows even what kind of being could have inflicted the damage done. As Kate starts digging into the case she finds more people missing and what may be a plot to throw the magical population of the city into war.

A fast paced cross between a Whodunnit and fantasy novel. I loved the character of tough talking Kate and the supporting characters were great. The quick, witty banter and snappy one liners reminded me of Joss Whedon's TV shows, and I can see a bit of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer influence here.